Seeding machine



July 15, 1930. T, BRENNAN 1,770,641

SEEDING MACHINE Filed March 19, 1928 Patented Jny 15, 193@ Y THOMAS BRENNAN, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOB TO It CASE COMPANY, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION SEEDING MACEENE Application led March 19, 1928. Serial No. 262,657.

In the use of seeding machines designed to To the' hopper 5, preferably at the front end sow grain such as wheat, barley, oats and the thereof, I secure a grass seed hopper, 7, like, wherein feeding devices -of suitable size equipped with feed runs (not shown) mountfor such purpose are employed, it is also deed on a drive-shaft, 8, in a well known mansirable to sow grass seed which, being very ner. My invention relates especially to mech- 55 small, is contained in and distributed from a anism for actuating such feed-runs and dissupplemental hopper equipped with approcontinuing the operation thereof as condipriate dispensing or feeding devices, such tions require during the 4operation of the hopper being preferably supported by the seeding machine whereby these results may 3f) grain hopper and the feeding devices therebe accomplished mechanically by a lever or 59 of operated by the actuating mechanisms by hand. present in the machine. My improvement is 'Io the ordinary driving axle (riotshown) I applicable to a grass seeding attachment, and connect a chain, 10, controlled by a belt guide, particularly to the means for controlling the 11, which chain passes about and rotates a fie' feeding mechanisms so that they may be sprocket, 12, mounted upon a pin or bolt, 13, es readily adjusted to operative or inoperative in brackets, 14, which are connected, one at condition as required, either manually or each side, toadrive-shaft support,15,secured by devices forming part of the general seedto the machine hop-per 5, and also to the ining machine, and it may be employed also clined wall of the hopper 7, at which latter 2o with other types of machines or apparatus point a perforated ear, 16, is also secured. 7o

requiring the action which I accomplish. In In the shaft support 15 I mount the shaft 8, the manufacture of seeding machines it is which is provided with a gear, 17, seated becommon practice to provide as a unit a comtween the'side members of the support, and bined grain seeder and grass seeder, as cerupon the pin 13, and within the walls of the "'25 tain important details of construction of bracket 14, I provide a gear throw-out, 18, rfi

both structures are permanently connected comprising separate members which straddle and interdependent, so that it becomes necesa gear, 19, also mounted on pin 13 adjacent sary to purchase such a combination machine `the sprocket 12, these members having eXtenfor the purpose described under present pracs1ons,'18, constituting a support for gear, 20, tice, but by my improved grass seeder actuwhich. latter is adapted to be engaged with .J

ating devices, constructed and operating 1n yand disengaged from gear 17. To the outer the manner disclosed, Iam enabled to supend of the members of the throw-out 18 I seply such grass seeder independently for a cure a rod, 22, having a stop, 23, between standard seeding machine so that the user of whichand the ear 16 is a tension spring, 24, the latter may readily attach the grass seeder the rod'extending through said ear. A link,

thereto. Q25, is -pivoted between the throw-out mem- In the accompanying drawing, forming bers, and` at itsflower end is provided with a part hereof, Figure 1 is an end elevation slotted quadrant, 26, secured to the link by a of an ordinary seeding hopper and a grass pm, 27, the quadrant terminating` in yoke seeder equipped with my improvement; Fig. members, 28, which receive the square rollso 2, a detail showing the driving gears in enshaft, 29, common to seeding machines. rPhe gagement and the seeder in position for disthrowlout 18 is provided with a hook or latch, pensing seed; Fig. 3, a detail showing the .30, adapted to be hooked about a catch, 31, gearing disengaged; and Fig. 1 is atransverse on the shaft support 15, for a purpose to apdetail section showing the sprocket and drivpear. The shaft 29 is rocked by a lever, 32, ing gear employed. connected thereto and extending to within In said drawing, the numeral 5 indicates a :convenient reach of an operator, and said seeding machine hopper of any desired charshaft, as will be understood, carries arms, 311, acter equipped with feed-runs or dispensers, connected to the disks (not shown) of a seed- 50 as 6, commonly employed in such machines. ing machine whereby the latter may be raised so slitte-a and lowered from the soil by manipulating said lever.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the gears are shown as engaged so that the driving action of chain 1() will transmit rotary motion through the gears to the shaft 8, which in turn rotates to actuate the feed-runs, and it will be seen that the rod 22, shaft 29, and associated parts are in normal position. However, when occasion demands that the distribution of grass seed from hopper 7 must cease, it is but necessary to rock the shaft 29 to the position shown in Fig. 3 by manipulating lever 32, where-upon the link 25 connecting the quadrant 26 and throw-out 18 will be raised by the rolling action of the shaft and thus push the pivotally mounted throw-out upwardly so that gear 20 supported by the extension 18 thereof will disengage said gear from the gear 17 on driveshaft 8, when the latter and the devices mounted thereon will cease to operate and thus prevent distribution of the seed. During the movements recited the rod 22 will be caused to assume the position shown in Fig. 3 and compress the spring. When the lever 32 is being reversed to rock the shaft 29 to normal position the expanding action of spring 24 will impel the gear throw-out 18 and link 25 to the operative position indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, when gear 20 will be again broughtinto mesh with gear 17, whereby the drive-shaft 8 will be actuated to operate the devices mounted thereon. When shaft 29 is actuated by lever 32 the arms 34 and parts connected thereto will be caused to move vertically so that when said arms are in the position shown in Fig. 2 the gears 2O and 17 will be in engagement, and when the arms are in raised position as shown in Fig. 3 the gears will be disengaged to prevent rotation of shaft 8 and therefore the distribution of seed, while at the same time the parts attached to the arms have been removed from the soil. In circumstances where it is not desired to distribute seed the throw-out 18 may be lifted by hand and retained in raised position by securing the latch 30 to catch 31 so that gears 20 and 17 will be disengaged as'shown in Fig. 3, when shaft 8 will remain inoperative. In the latter condition, when shaft 29 is rocked for manipulating arms 34 and connected 4parts the slotted quadrant 26 by its connection 27 with link 25 will freely travel in the `direction of movement of roll-shaft 29 without disturbing the position of said link; and when it is desired to arrange the mechanism to again perform seeding operations it is but necessary to release latch 30 when tensionrod 22 will automatically return the parts to operative position as indicated in Fig. 2.

I claim as my invention:

1. vIn a gear throw-out for a grass seeder or other machine embodying a driven gear, a drivingI gear, an intermediate gear engaging said driven and driving gears, a throw-out for moving said intermediate gear into and out of engagement with the driven gear, a link connected to the throw-out, a quadrant to which the link is connected, and yielding means connected to the throw-out for returning the intermediate vgear into engagement with the driven gear.

2. In a gear throw-out, a bracket comprising two members, a throw-out comprising two members, a gear support in the upper ends of the throw-out members, a shaft connecting said bracket and throw-out members, a driving gear on the shaft, and a sprocket on said shaft for actuating said driving gear.

3. In a gear throw-out, a bracket, a throwout, a gear supported in the upper end of the throw-out, a shaft connecting the ybracket and throw-out, a driving gear on the shaft, a sprocket on the shaft for actuating the driving gear, and means for securing the throwout in position when adjusted to move the gear in its upper end.

In testimony Vwhereof I aix my signature.

THOMAS BRENNAN. 

